Session 1️⃣ : Welcome & Intro to Digital Traces
Frieder Rodewald (University of Mannheim) & Valerie Hase (LMU Munich)
👉 Part of the SPP DFG Project Integrating Data Donations in Survey Infrastructure
(1) Intro to the workshop
(2) What is digital trace data?
(3) How can we collect digital traces?
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PhD, University of Mannheim (DFG project on data donation)
Research interests:
CSS (automated content analysis, digital traces, bias)
Privacy concerns & behavior
More info: github.com/frodew & frieder-rodewald.de
Akademische Rätin a. Z./Postdoc, LMU Munich (prev.: University of Zurich & LSE)
Research interests:
More info: github.com/valeriehase & valerie-hase.com
Shoutout to the organizers behind the 7th COMPTEXT, especially
| ⏰ 10:00–10:20 | Session 1️⃣: Welcome & Intro to Digital Traces |
| ⏰ 10:20–11:00 | Session 2️⃣: Data Donation Studies (Participant Perspective) |
| ⏰ 11:00–12:15 | Session 3️⃣: Data Donation Studies (Researcher Perspective) |
| ⏰ 12:15–12:45 | Session 4️⃣: Bias in Data Donation Studies |
| ⏰ 12:45–13:00 | Session 5️⃣: Wrap-Up |
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Which examples for digital trace data you know? 🤔
Definition 💡: The recording and storing of activities on digital platforms to draw conclusions about digital and analog phenomena
“records of activity (trace data) undertaken through an online information system” (Howison et al., 2011, S. 2)
“individuals leave behavioural residue (unconscious traces of actions) when they interact online” (Hinds & Joinson, 2018, S. 2)
Definition 💡: The recording and storing of activities on digital platforms to draw conclusions about digital and analog phenomena
Definition 💡: The recording and storing of activities on digital platforms to draw conclusions about digital and analog phenomena
Example: Instagram Like
Definition 💡: The recording and storing of activities on digital platforms to draw conclusions about digital and analog phenomena
Example: Instagram Like
Depending on the data collection method… (Haim & Hase, 2023; Ohme et al., 2024):
“How many minutes a day do you use the internet to consume news?”
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Be careful: These “advantages” are often claimed, but not empirically proven.
Digital traces are neither necessarily less biased, nor cheaper, or larger (we will discuss this in Session 4️⃣ & 5️⃣).
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Which methods do you know/have you used for collecting digital trace data? 🤔
👉 Solution: Platforms offer data download packages (DDPs), which users can request and download to inspect data.
👉 Consequence: Researchers uses DDPs as part of user-centric data donation studies.
Questions? 🤔
Data Donation Studies - COMPTEXT - Frieder Rodewald, Valerie Hase